Mountain Tangkuban Parahu

Tangkuban Parahu or Tangkuban Perahu is one of the mountain located in the province of West Java, Indonesia. Approximately 20 km to the north of Bandung, with a lush carpet of pine trees and tea plantations in the surrounding mountains have Tangkuban Parahu high altitude 2084 meters. The shape of this mountain is the center of eruption Stratovulcano who moved from east to west. Rock type issued by the eruption of lava and most of the sulfur, a mineral which is issued sulfur sulfur, a mineral that was issued when the mountain is not active sulfur vapor. Boat Tangkuban area managed by the Corporation of Forestry. The average temperature is 17oC daily at noon and 2 oC at night.

Parahu Tangkuban have Dipterokarp forest hill, forest Upper Dipterokarp, Montane forest, and forest or forest Ericaceous mountain.

Legend of the local people

The origins of Parahu Tangkuban legends associated with Sangkuriang, narrated in love with her mother, Dayang Sumbi. To thwart her intentions to marry her, Dayang Sumbi Sangkuriang proposed requirement to make a boat overnight. When his efforts failed, Sangkuriang angry and kicked the boat, which landed upside down. This boat is then formed Tangkuban Parahu.

This Parahu Tangkuban including active volcano whose status is being watched by the Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology. Some kawahnya still showed signs of this mountain activity. Among the signs of this volcano is the emergence of sulfur gases and the sources of hot water on her foot of the mountain of them is in kasawan Ciater, Subang.

The existence of this mountain topography and shape of the Bandung basin with hills and mountains on each side to strengthen the theory of the existence of a lake (crater) is now a major area of Bandung. It is believed by geologists that the plateau region Bandung with altitude approximately 709 m above sea level is the remains of ancient volcanic eruptions known as Mount Sunda and Parahu Tangkuban Mountain is the remnant of ancient Sundanese are still active. This phenomenon can be seen on Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait area and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, Africa. Sangkuriang legends so that the region's public story is believed to be a public document sunda Mountain area early to the event at that time.

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Sangiran

Sangiran is an archaeological site in Java, Indonesia. This area has an area of 48 km ² and is located in Central Java, 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in Solo River valley and is situated at the foot of Mount Lawu. Sangiran administratively located in Sragen regency and district of Karanganyar in Central Java. In 1977, Sangiran determined by the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia as a cultural reserve. In 1996 this site is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In 1934 anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald began research in the area. In the following years, the results of excavations of fossils from the first human ancestor, Pithecanthropus erectus ( "Java Man"). There are about 60 more fossils of other Meganthropus palaeojavanicus fossils have been found on these sites.

Sangiran Museum, located in this region, presented the history of early humans from about 2 million years ago until 200,000 years ago, that is from when the late Pliocene to late middle Pleistocene. In this museum there is a collection of 13,086 ancient human fossils and the ancient human site stood the most comprehensive in Asia. It can also be found in vertebrate fossils, animal fossils water, rocks, sea plants and fossil stone tools.

In the first study, Sangiran is a dome called Sangiran Dome. Top of the dome is then opened through a process of erosion to form a depression. At that depression can be found in soil layers that contain information about life in the past.

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Long Beach

Long beach is a place of recreation Natural Tourism Object located 3 km from the center of Bengkulu City can be reached by various types of vehicles., Crowded archipelago visited by both tourists and Worldwide. extends along approximately 7 km and 500 m wide with white sand sloping.

The specialty of this beach along the coast of fir trees and pine trees that add to the coolness, so that the visitors who come to watch the natural scenery of the sunset and the sun and bathe dipagi or evening with a piece of wind-breeze. Existing facilities at tourist attractions around the area of Long Beach star hotel, Cottage, Restaurant, Swimming Pool, playground the children and parking is free, etc. police security post.

While welcoming the New Year's Eve in the region are bustling tourist attraction visited by the public, tourists and newcomers to set up tents near the beach.

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Prambanan Temple

Prambanan is the ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to Trimurti, the highest three gods in Hinduism. The temple compound located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta city on the boundary between Yogyakarta and Central Java province.

The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the towering 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.

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Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Old Javanese: Brahma, one of the Main Hindu Gods), is an active volcano is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo to be attractive because of its status as an active volcano is still active.

Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namely, Probolinggo district, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang Regency. Mount Bromo shape mesh between valleys and canyons with the caldera or the ocean of sand covering around 10 square kilometers.

Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600 meters (east-west). While the danger area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the center Bromo crater.

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Tanah Lot Temple

'Tanah Lot Temple' is a tourist attraction in Bali, Indonesia. Here are two temples are located on on a large rock. One is located on the boulder and the other is located on the cliffs similar to Uluwatu Temple. Pura Tanah Lot is part of the temple Sad heaven, that is pretending that the joints of the island of Bali. Pura Tanah Lot sea temple is a place of worship the gods of the sea guards.

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Kuta Beach

Kuta beach is a tourist place located south of Denpasar, capital city of Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is located in Badung Regency. This area is a tourist destination abroad, and has become a mainstay tourist island of Bali since the early 70's. Kuta Beach is often referred to as sunset beach (sunset beach) as opposed to the Sanur beach.

In Kuta there are many shops, restaurants and washing and drying herself. Besides the beauty of the beach, Kuta beach also offers various other types of entertainment such as bars and restaurants along the coast to the Legian beach. Rosovivo, Ocean Beach Club, Kamasutra, are some of the most crowded clubs along Kuta Beach.

This beach also has a pretty good waves for surfing sports (surfing), especially for novice surfers. The air field I Gusti Ngurah Rai is situated not far from Kuta.

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Flower Garden Archipelago

Flower Garden Archipelago is a flower garden area of 23 hectares which is located near Mount Gede Pangrango Bogor and Tea Garden with the distance of about 2 hours drive from Jakarta. This park is stored in various types of flowers and plants, in this particular orchid cultivation. It is estimated there are about 2000 species of orchids are treated in this place.

In this place there is also entertainment facilities for children of minicar, restaurant and agility games.

Was first inaugurated by the mother Tien Soeharto on September 10, 1995.

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Lakes In Three Colors

Kelimutu is an active volcano located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The exact location of this mountain village Pemo, Sub Flores, Ende Regency. This mountain has three crater lakes on top. The lake is known as the Three Colors Lake because it has three different colors, namely red, blue, and white. Even so, the colors are always changing over time.

Flores is a combination word of "looked" which means mountain and the word "quality" which means to boil. According to the locals trust, the colors on the lake Flores has the meaning of each and have the force of nature that is very powerful.

Lake or Tiwu Flores in the top three sections corresponding to the color - the color that is in the lake. Blue lake or "Nuwa Tiwu Muri Koo Fai" is a gathering place for the souls of young people who have died. Red lake or "Tiwu Ata Polo" is a gathering place for the souls of those who have died and during her life is always a crime / sorcery. While white lake or "Tiwu Ata Mbupu" is a gathering place for the souls of parents who have died.

The third broad lake of about 1,051,000 square meters with a water volume of 1292 million cubic meters. Boundary between the lake was a narrow stone walls easy landslide. This wall is very steep with a 70-degree angle. Lake wall height ranges from 50 to 150 meters.

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Pangandaran Beach

Beautiful Pangandaran beach is a beach located on the south coast and according AsiaRooms is the best beach on the island of Java is a tourist beach in West Java. This beach is located in Pananjung village, district of Pangandaran at a distance ± 92 km south of Ciamis. Some features of this beach include:

1. Be able to see sunrise and sunset from the same place
2. Gently sloping beach with clear water and the distance between the relative ups and downs while allowing us to swim safely
3. There are beaches with white sand
4. There are beach tourism rescue
5. The road is paved smooth environment with adequate street lighting
6. There is a marine park with fish and fascinating marine life.
7. The Japanese landing troops during World War II and therefore there still are some caves the Japanese army defense that had become hiding places Japanese soldiers who intended to attack the Dutch soldiers.

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Monas

National Monument or the popular or shortened by the Monas National Monument is one of the memorial erected to commemorate the resistance and the Indonesian people's struggle against the Dutch colonialists.

History

National Monument is located in Monument Square, Central Jakarta, was built in 1961an decade.

The National Memorial was built in the area of 80 hectares. This monument Soedarsono and diarsiteki by Frederich Silaban, with consultants Ir. Rooseno, began construction in August 1959, and August 17, 1961 was inaugurated by President Soekarno. Monument was officially opened to the public on July 12, 1975.

Monas monument, adding aims commemorate and preserve the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1945 revolution, so terbangkitnya inspiration and patriotism of this generation and the next moment.

Monas monument and the towering phallus symbolizes the full dimensions of typical Indonesian national culture. All parking cup symbolizes yoni (barn). Alu and barns are household appliances that are almost in every house the indigenous population of Indonesia.

Monument Square experiencing five times the renaming Gambier Field, Field Ikada, Merdeka Square, National Monument Square and Monument Park. Around the monument there are gardens, two ponds and some open field where the exercise. On holidays

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Bunaken

Bunaken island is an area of 8.08 km ² in the Bay of Manado, which is located in the northern island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken by boat at cruising speed (speed boat) or a ship chartered by travel about 30 minutes from the port city of Manado. Around Bunaken Bunaken marine park there which is part of the Bunaken National Park. This marine park has one of the marine biodiversity of the highest in the world. A scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of 75,265 hectares with five islands in it, namely the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Island follows several children Mantehage island, and Naen Island. Although the area covers 75,265 hectares, the location of the dive (diving) is limited in each of the five beaches that surround the island.

Bunaken marine park has a 20 point dive (dive spot) with a depth varies up to 1344 meters. Of the 20 point dive, dive 12 points of which are located around Bunaken Island. Twelve dive spot is the most frequently visited by divers and lovers of the beauty of underwater scenery.

Most of the 12 point dive in Bunaken Island lined up from the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this region there are great underwater walls, also called hanging walls, or walls of the giant rock that stood vertically and curved upward. This rock wall is also a source of food for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island.

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Lake Toba

Lake Toba is a volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide, located in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island.
Lake Toba has long become an important tourist destination in North Sumatra, Bukit Lawang addition and Nias, attract domestic and foreign tourists.

History

It is estimated that Lake Toba explosion occurred at about 73000-75000 years ago and is the eruption Supervolcano (super volcano) the most recent. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimate that the volcanic materials that spit out as much of the mountain 2800 km ³, with 800 km ³ of rock ignimbrit and 2,000 km ³ expected volcanic ash blown into the west for 2 weeks. Volcanic dust in the wind has spread to half the earth, from China to South Africa. Letusannya occurred during 1 week and throw the dust up to 10 km above sea level.
This incident caused mass death and in some species was also followed by extinction. According to some DNA evidence, this eruption also reduced the number of people to about 60% of the earth's human population at that time, which is about 60 million people. Eruption also caused the ice age, although the experts are still debating.
After the eruption, the caldera formed which then fills with water and became what is now known as Lake Toba. Upward pressure of magma that has not come out cause the emergence of Samosir Island.

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Borobudur

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location of the temple is approximately 100 km in the south-west of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD the dynasty during the reign of Sailendra.

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